Cool New Media is a tiny web design studio founded by designer, front-end web developer and web consultant Kevin Slagboom. We build simple, readable web sites on top of standards compliant code and we're located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

We Build and Manage Drupal, WordPress, and Joomla! web sites

Successful websites are always changing. A content management system powered by WordPress, Drupal or Joomla! makes it easy to add stories, pages, images, videos, and more. Site owners can edit and manage content 'in-page' simply by logging in and clicking an 'Edit' link.

News and Featured Projects

IsleShare Cycle is a turn-key bike share / bike rental company with base of operations in Victoria, BC. IsleShare Cycle came to Cool New Media for some help with updating their WordPress based website, including placement of new photos and backgrounds, and creation of a new Booking page to connect to their custom booking app.

The BC Archery Association is the provincial governing body for the sport of archery for the province. BC Archery came to Cool New Media for a new website, one powered by a CMS so that they may open up content entry by a number of their contributors.

We proposed a Drupal 8 based website, taking advantage of new Drupal features that allow BC Archery to easily add rich content page layouts without requiring techincal knowledge.

Archery Canada Tir à l'Arc, run by the Federation of Canadian Archers Inc. (FCA) is a not for profit national sports governing body dedicated to the promotion of archery to all Canadians. Archery Canada originally came to Cool New Media for assistance in helping grow and maintain their starter website and since that time, we have helped the organization grow their online presention substantially.

Collegues over at PHD Engineering needed Drupal and HTML/CSS development help on a new, large scale, website for Technology Registrations Canada (TRC). This project has been ongoing for a over 2 years and contains many complex features such as a a step through self-assessment facility, in depth online application form, backend application for processing and process management, online study guide with exams.

In fall 2016, we assisted in upgrading the website to Drupal 7 and changed the website template to use the Bootstrap 3 framework

Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium is a regional climate service centre at the University of Victoria that provides practical information on the physical impacts of climate variability and change in the Pacific and Yukon Region of Canada. Cool New Media has been contracted to provide Drupal website monitoring and maintenance including applying code updates on a regular basis. We will also be providing PCIC with website development and support as needed.

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